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On April 16th, in what has come to be known as the Palghar Lynching case, two Sanyaasis from the Dashanaami order were killed mercilessly by a mob in Palghar district. > The incident occurred on the night of April 16 when two ascetics, 70-year-old Mahant Kalpavruksha Giri and 35- year-old Sushilgiri
Mahamrityunjaya Mantra is a very powerful chant which is said to have the ability to save a person from death. The Mantra is part of the Rig veda VII.59.12, b) the Yajur Veda III.60, and c) the Atharva Veda XIV.1.17. It is written as: ॐ
A temple was built during the Kadamba rule in Goa in what is now a small village named Kadambi Surla dedicated to Shiva. This was deep into the forest for most of the past years. It consists of garbhagriha, antarala and a pillared Nandi mandapa. Mahadev Shiva Temple in Goa
When Shiva was away into his own space for years on end once, his wife Parvati decided to create a brave and loving kid out of her own mother’s love and breathed life using tantric ways. Shiva returned to see this 10-12 year old guarding the entrance to Parvati’
Long time back there was a king named Susena. He was victorious and to stamp his authority, he initiated the Ashwamedha Yajna. Its a process of releasing the royal horse with the army in pursuit. If anyone stopped the horse, they had to fight the king. Well, in case of
The understanding of “God” in the Yogic lineage and in Hinduism (its derivative) has never been of a person or entity. It has always been of the infinite, immanent and eternal consciousness. This eternal consciousness has been understood (and experienced by the Sages and Rishis) as changeless yet dynamic, both
On International Yoga Day in 2016, in celebrations at the UN, Sadhguru led the celebrations and answered a lot of questions of the dignitaries there. Amongst the things he said some were: * Yoga is technology. Just as gravity is not Christian, Yoga is not Hindu. * Yoga is India’s gift
Moksha or Liberation from the limitations of human existence – basically the Karmic Cycle in existential terms – has been the main goal of all Spiritual pursuits, specifically in India. Towards that end, Yoga was the means. If Moksha was the goal, Yoga was the vehicle. And here, Yoga is absolutely not
You don’t. Period. How can you? If you know what it is, you would have found out. Guru is for seeking. Seeking is when you Don’t know anything. Spiritual journey is not about information or knowledge. For, whatever you will know mentally is one, predicated on your conditioning
A marble statue of Shiva and Parvati (8th Century) sitting on tiger skin, originating from Afghanistan was seized by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) officials from a gallery on East 67th Street [http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/17/arts/design/ancient-statue-is-seized-from-manhattan-gallery.html?_r=3] in Manhattan – owned by Leonardo Vigorelli
Shiva is not god. Shiva is not a deity. Shiva is the very basis of existence. The consciousness itself. Beyond the dualities and the form arising from the motion of conscious energy, there is basic primordial one-ness or better still the nothingness. That is what Shiva represents. #Mahashivaratri Special: Who
8.7% of US adults – or 20.4 million – practice yoga. Another 44.4% of the US adults are “Aspirational Yogis” – those interested in trying yoga. Unfortunately, Yoga for almost all has remained an exercise, when it could have been a tool for complete transformation of a being. Today, Americans
Most religious people, specially those who are part-time Spiritual students, are always confused about how to interact with the world and the society. In absence of any clarity, asceticism has been held as extremely important in Spiritual pursuits. The more hard core the level of one’s asceticism, the more
Who are Naga Sadhus? To understand the Naga Sadhus, it is important to know who Shiva is. Because these ascetics – those who are really on Spiritual path and seriously with a Guru who knows what he doing, as opposed to just a naked Sadhu taking intoxicants – are on the path
The influence of Hinduism beyond the normal borders of India has been well known. Here is an inscription from the “Fire Temple”in the Surakhani town of Azherbaijan. It is in the suburb of the capital Baku. The inscription here clearly starts with श्री गणेसाय नम: Atesh
It seems the Government Agencies in India seem to go in to some kind of philosophical high road when it comes to Hinduism – if it suits them, and then takes a whole turn around when it doesn’t. We hear all about the devilish “Hindutva”, a fanatic belief system, and
Who is Shiva? Many consider him God. Yogis say he was the Adi Yogi – the first Yogi. He was also the first Guru, the Adi Guru. What is his contribution to Spirituality on this planet? This video captures it very well!
Kanwarias are devotees of Lord Shiva who walk hundreds of kilometers in North India carrying water from different rivers. The annual journey known as Kanvad Yatra ( काँवर यात्रा or कांवड़ यात्रा) is taken from as far as Bihar to Ganges in Haridwar, Gaumukh, Gangotri
The beauty of Sikhism is that the teachings of the Gurus is profound and yet simple. The problem anyone trying to walk this path is that one cannot find something “Spiritually interesting” unless it also comes across as profound. So, one tries to make things profoundly complex to give it
Truth exists at many levels. In media of today, however, “truth” is manufactured based on one’s agenda. Sathya Sai Baba died on Sunday this past weekend – which also happened to be the Easter Sunday. Sathya Sai Baba was many things to many people. He has been an enigma and
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